Larochelle

surname · Latin script

Meaning: habitational name from any of a number of places with this name, especially the port in Charente-Maritime

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/ˈɫæɹəʃəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Larochelle is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Canada than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • CACanada≈1 in 14K(inferred from the name graph)
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 57K
  • USUnited States1 in 130K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Canada (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,700 people, est.

Sources
270 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 14K (inferred from the name graph)

Canada, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

habitational name from any of a number of places with this name, especially the port in Charente-Maritime. It occurs as a secondary surname in French Canada.

Sources 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

Where in the world(measured from records)

Larochelle counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Larochelle is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
CA Canada≈2,700 est.≈1 in 14K—Larochelle136
US United States2,5581 in 130K2.6KLarochelle270
GB United Kingdom≈1,100 est.≈1 in 57K—Larochelle20
FR France≈590 est.≈1 in 115K124Larochelle2
EG Egypt≈340 est.≈1 in 309K—Larochelle2
PS Palestine≈36 est.≈1 in 133K—Larochelle2

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Larochelle is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Canada, France, United States, United Kingdom

    Also written La-Rochelle

37 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Larochelle is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In French, de La Rochelle, nom d’une localité en Charente-Maritime.

    as a nameDictionnaire des noms de famille du Canada français. Anthroponymie et généalogie. 2e édition

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Louis-Napoléon Larochelle, b. 1834Wildor Larochelle, b. 1906André Larochelle, b. 1940Luc LaRochelle, b. 1947David LaRochelle, b. 1960Sophie LaRochelle, b. 1964Corinne Larochelle, b. 1973Claudia Larochelle, b. 1978Alexandra Larochelle, b. 1993

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Larochelle,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 13 sources across 7 countries.

Reference works 2

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Larochelle come from?
habitational name from any of a number of places with this name, especially the port in Charente-Maritime. It occurs as a secondary surname in French Canada. Recorded by Dictionary of American Family Names.
How do you pronounce Larochelle?
A machine transcription gives /ˈɫæɹəʃəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Larochelle mean?
Recorded meaning: habitational name from any of a number of places with this name, especially the port in Charente-Maritime.
In which country does Larochelle have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.7 thousand people named Larochelle in Canada, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled larochelle.
How common is the name Larochelle?
In the United States, the national register counted 2,558 people named Larochelle in 2010, about 1 in 130 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Larochelle”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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